Hudutların Kanunu
Scratched, dirty, and with frames missing, the lone surviving print of Lütfi Ömer Akad’s Hudutların Kanunu (1966) is a worn and weary mess. But the physical condition of the film… Read more »
Raising Cain
Though much reviled when first released theatrically, Raising Cain (1992) has grown in its critical estimation since undergoing a re-cut in 2012 by Peet Gelderblom. The Gelderblom version of Raising… Read more »
Light & Magic
With regards to special effects Industrial Light & Magic has been the cutting edge and industry standard since George Lucas founded it in 1975 to work on his film Star… Read more »
Fade To Black
Vernon Zimmerman’s Fade To Black (1980) follows the popular trend of the psychological thriller of the seventies, charting an anti-hero’s mental deterioration. Fade To Black doesn’t take itself seriously like… Read more »
There’s Always Tomorrow
Compared to the other films that director Douglas Sirk directed for producer Ross Hunter at Universal Pictures There’s Always Tomorrow (1956) is one of the more overlooked. Sirk, whose films… Read more »
Prey
When the buzz around Prey (2022) first started to go around social media I became very excited having wrongly assumed audiences had rediscovered Norman J. Warren’s film from 1977. Dan… Read more »
House On Straw Hill
This “video nasty” (released under the titles House On Straw Hill, Trauma or Exposé) came out in 1976 and shocked audiences with its graphic depictions of sex and violence. The… Read more »
Cry Wilderness
Cry Wilderness (1986), a low budget family film, feels as though it were made twenty years too late. The release of Cry Wilderness may coincide with that of Harry &… Read more »
Bezeten, Het Gat in de Muur
Nils Janssen (Dieter Geissler), a medical student, can’t stop spying on his mysterious neighbor through a tiny hole in the wall. His journalist girlfriend, Marina (Alexandra Stewart), begins to worry… Read more »
The H-Man
The H-Man (1958) is one of Ishirō Honda’s most accomplished films. With an apparent ease Honda is able to combine the pulpy crime story with thrills of the atomic monster… Read more »
